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A technique for obtaining a repetitively pulsed operating regime in high-power wide-aperture lasers is proposed and experimentally realised. In this regime, the laser emits a train of pulses with a duration of 0.1–1 μs and a pulse repetition rate of several tens of kilohertz. The main properties of the pulsed regime are theoretically analysed and the proposed technique is tested in detail employing a test-bench gas-dynamic laser. The results of the test confirmed the conclusions of the theoretical analysis. The possibility of realising a repetitively pulsed regime in high-power wide-aperture lasers without a reduction in the average output power is experimentally demonstrated.
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Apollonov, V.V. (2015). High Repetition Rate High-Power Wide-Aperture Lasers. In: High-Power Optics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 192. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10753-0_14
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